EP0140588A1 - Assemblage de combustible pour réacteur nucléaire avec embout supérieur démontable - Google Patents
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- EP0140588A1 EP0140588A1 EP84306629A EP84306629A EP0140588A1 EP 0140588 A1 EP0140588 A1 EP 0140588A1 EP 84306629 A EP84306629 A EP 84306629A EP 84306629 A EP84306629 A EP 84306629A EP 0140588 A1 EP0140588 A1 EP 0140588A1
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- G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
- G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
- G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
- G21C3/30—Assemblies of a number of fuel elements in the form of a rigid unit
- G21C3/32—Bundles of parallel pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped fuel elements
- G21C3/33—Supporting or hanging of elements in the bundle; Means forming part of the bundle for inserting it into, or removing it from, the core; Means for coupling adjacent bundles
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- G—PHYSICS
- G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
- G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
- G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
- G21C3/30—Assemblies of a number of fuel elements in the form of a rigid unit
- G21C3/32—Bundles of parallel pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped fuel elements
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- G—PHYSICS
- G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
- G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
- G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
- G21C3/30—Assemblies of a number of fuel elements in the form of a rigid unit
- G21C3/32—Bundles of parallel pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped fuel elements
- G21C3/33—Supporting or hanging of elements in the bundle; Means forming part of the bundle for inserting it into, or removing it from, the core; Means for coupling adjacent bundles
- G21C3/3315—Upper nozzle
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- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
- Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors
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- the present invention relates generally to fuel assemblies for nuclear reactors and, more particularly, to an improved attaching structure for removably mounting the top nozzle of a fuel assembly on the upper ends of the control rod guide thimbles.
- the core portion comprises a large number of elongate fuel elements or rods grouped in and supported by frameworks referred to as fuel assemblies.
- the fuel assemblies are generally elongate and receive support and alignment from upper and lower transversely extending core support plates.
- the longitudinal axis of the core support barrel extends vertically and the various fuel assemblies are also arranged vertically, resting on a lower support plate.
- Conventional designs of these fuel assemblies include a plurality of fuel rods and control rod guide thimbles held in an organized array by transverse grids spaced vertically along the fuel assembly and attached to the control rod guide thimbles.
- Top and bottom nozzles are secured to the control rod guide thimbles at the opposite ends thereof to form an integral fuel assembly structure. The top and bottom nozzles extend slightly above and below, respectively, the ends of the fuel rods, capturing the rods therebetween.
- fuel rods of a fuel assembly may occasionally develop cracks, resulting primarily from internal stresses, which may allow fission products to seep into the primary coolant of the reactor. Such products may also be released into a flooded reactor cavity during refueling operations or into the coolant circulated through pools where the spent fuel assemblies are stored. Since the fuel rods are part of an integral assembly of guide tubes welded to the top and bottom nozzles, it is difficult to detect and remove any failed rods. In order to reach them, it is necessary first to remove the affected assembly from the nuclear reactor core, and then to break the welds which secure the nozzles to the control rod guide thimbles. The destructive action necessary to break the welds often damages the guide thimbles and nozzles to such an extent as to make rewelding impossible, thus rendering the fuel assembly unfit for further use in a reactor.
- U.S. Patents Nos. 3,770,583 and 3,814,667 each showing a top nozzle having a hold-down device incorporated therein and including coil springs disposed about upright alignment posts which are threaded through an end plate, with fastener nuts located on the underside of the plate.
- An upper hold-down plate is slidably mounted on the alignment posts, and the coil springs are interposed, in compression, between the hold-down plate and the end plate.
- a radial shoulder on the upper end of each alignment posts retain the hold-down plate on the posts.
- the U.S. Patent No. 3,992,259 discloses another threaded joint arrangement, and still another type of threaded arrangement used for removably attaching a top nozzle on control-rod guide thimbles is described in U.S. Patent No. 3,828,868.
- the invention has for its principal object to alleviate these problems and drawbacks by providing an improved attaching structure for removably mounting the top nozzle of a fuel assembly in a manner enabling it to be easily removed and re-mounted without damage to fuel assembly components such as control rod guide thimbles.
- the invention provides an attaching structure which includes an outer socket defined in the top nozzle, and an inner socket defined on the upper end of the guide thimble.
- the inner socket is movable between a compressed releasing position and an expanded locking position. In its compressed releasing position, the inner socket can be removed from and inserted into the outer socket, whereas, in the expanded locking position of the inner socket, the inner and outer sockets are locked together.
- a locking member preferably in the form of an elongated tube, is inserted into the inner socket. Removal of the locking member from the inner socket allows the inner socket to be moved to its releasing position, thereby enabling the top nozzle to be detached from the guide thimble.
- the outer socket is in the form of a passageway, with an annular groove therein, defined in a lower adapter plate of the top' nozzle.
- the inner socket is a sleeve having a circumferential bulge formed on an upper end portion thereof.
- the lower end of the sleeve is connected to the upper end of the guide thimble.
- the sleeve is provided with at least one elongated slot formed in its upper end portion and extending through the bulge so as to permit inward elastic collapse of the bulge to its compressed releasing position.
- the attaching structure further includes means for securing the locking member in its inserted position within the inner socket.
- the securing means takes the form of a thin-wall annular flange disposed on the upper end of the locking member and deformed into indentations or cavities provided in the top nozzle.
- the securing means comprises an upper peripheral edge portion of the locking member which is flared outwardly so as to have an outer diameter slightly larger than the inner diameter of the upper end of the passageway defining the outer socket in the adapter plate of the top nozzle.
- the securing means may comprise also several bulges or nibs formed, after insertion of the locking member into the passageway, into the upper portion of the locking member so that the bulges extend into the circumferential groove of the adapter plate defined in the passageway.
- the fuel assembly illustrated in Fig. 1 and indicated generally by the numeral 10 basically comprises a lower end structure or bottom nozzle 12 for supporting the assembly on a lower core plate (not shown) in the core region of a reactor (not shown); a number of longitudinally extending control-rod guide-tubes or thimbles 14 projecting upward from the bottom nozzle 12; a plurality of transverse grids 16 axially spaced along the guide thimbles 14; an organized array of elongate fuel rods 18 transversely spaced apart and supported by the grids 16; an instrumentation tube 20 located in the center of the assembly; and an upper end structure or top nozzle 22 attached to the upper ends of the guide thimbles 14, in a manner fully described below, to form an integral assembly capable of being conventionally handled but without damaging the assembly components.
- the top nozzle 22 includes a transversely extending adapter plate 24 having upstanding sidewalls 26 extending from the peripheral edges thereof and defining an enclosure or housing, an annular radial flange 28 extending from the sidewalls 26 at the top thereof. Suitably clamped to the annular flange 28 are leaf springs 30 (only one of which is shown in Fig. 1) which cooperate with the upper core plate (not shown) in a conventional manner to prevent hydraulic lifting of the fuel assembly caused by upward coolant flow, while allowing for changes in fuel assembly length due to core-induced thermal expansion and the like.
- a conventional rod-cluster control assembly 32 Disposed within the opening defined by the annular flange 28 is a conventional rod-cluster control assembly 32 having radially extending flukes 34 which are connected to the upper ends of the control rods 36 for vertically moving the control rods in the control-rod guide thimbles 14 in a well known manner.
- the transverse grids 16 are attached to the elongate guide thimbles 14 at predetermined axially spaced locations; the fuel rods 18 are inserted through the grids 16; the lower nozzle 12 is suitably attached to the lower ends of the guide thimbles 14; and then the top nozzle 22 is attached to the upper ends of the guide thimbles 14 by means of the attaching structure embodying the invention and generally designated by the numeral 38.
- FIG. 2 to 5 there will now be described a preferred embodiment of the attaching structure 38 for removably mounting the top nozzle 22 on the upper ends of the guide thimbles 14.
- the attaching structure 38 for removably mounting the top nozzle 22 on the upper ends of the guide thimbles 14.
- each of the guide thimbles 14 is attached to the top nozzle 22, the following description will be directed to the attachment of only one guide thimble, the other guide thimbles being attached in the same manner.
- the attaching structure 38 comprises an inner socket 40 on the upper end of the guide thimble 14; an outer socket defined in the top nozzle 22; and a locking member 44 for retaining the inner socket 40 in locking engagement with the outer socket 42, thereby to removably attach the top nozzle 22 to the guide thimbles 14.
- the inner socket 40 is preferably in the form of an elongated sleeve 46 having its lower end bulge-fitted, in a manner known per se, onto the upper end of the guide thimble 14.
- the sleeve 46 has a circumferential bulge 48 formed on an upper end portion thereof and has formed in the latter at least one, preferably three (see Fig. 5), elongate longitudinal slots 50.
- the bulge 48 is shaped as an arc, for a purpose which will become readily apparent as the description is proceeding.
- the three longitudinal slots 50 are equally spaced circumferentially about the wall of the sleeve and extend axially from the top edge of the sleeve downwardly through and a short distance beyond the bulge 48.
- slots 50 The purpose of the slots 50 is to permit elastic collapse or compression of the upper end portion of the sleeve 46 to a compressed releasing position enabling the inner socket 40 to be inserted into and removed from the outer socket 42.
- the sleeve 46 although shown herein attached to the thimble 14, could be attached to the upper grid 16, either as a modified version of the kind of sleeve employed with grids or as a sleeve separate from the common grid sleeve, with the upper grid 16 in turn bulge-fitted on the upper end of the guide thimble.
- the inner socket 40 as an integral upper end portion of the guide thimble by providing the latter itself with a circumferential bulge, such as bulge 48, and with elongate slots, such as slots 50.
- the outer socket 42 is preferably in the form of an axial passageway defined in the adapter plate 24 of the top nozzle 22, and it comprises an upper top bore 52, an intermediate bore 54, and a lower bore 56, the lower bore having in its wall an annular groove 58 which divides the lower bore 54 into an upper segment 56a (above the groove 58) and a lower segment 56b (below the groove 58).
- the annular groove 58 has a configuration conforming to the arcuate shape of the bulge . 48 on the sleeve 46.
- the top bore 52, middle bore 54, and lower bore 56 are all coaxial or, more specifically, axially aligned with each other.
- the top bore 52 has a diameter greater than the diameter of the middle bore 54, and the diameter of the middle bore 54 is smaller than the diameter of the lower bore 56.
- the diameter of the middle bore 54 is equal to the inner diameter of the sleeve 46
- the diameter of the lower bore 56 is equal to the outer diameter of the sleeve 46
- the diameter of annular groove 58 is equal to the outer diameter of the bulge 48 in its expanded locking position.
- the socket wall defines an upper ledge 60 at the intersection of the middle bore 54 with the upper bore 52, and a lower ledge 62 at the intersection of the middle bore 54 with the lower bore 56, the ledge 62 having a width substantially equal to the radial wall thickness of the sleeve 46.
- the arrangement, size and shape of the bores and annular recess of the outer socket 42, and the size and shape of the upper end portion of sleeve 46 with its bulge 48 are such that, when the inner socket 40 is in its expanded locking position within the outer socket 42 (as seen in Fig. 3), the bulge 48 is in mating engagement with the annular groove 58, the top end or edge of the sleeve 46 abuts the lower ledge 62, the section of the sleeve above the bulge 48 is in snug contact with the upper segment 56a of the lower bore 56, and the section of the sleeve 46 below the bulge 48 is in snug contact with the lower segment 56b of the lower bore 56.
- the relationship is such as to produce a rigid or tight clearance fit between the inner socket 40 and outer socket 42.
- the primary purpose of the lower ledge 62 is to serve as a stop or an alignment guide for proper axial positioning of the sleeve 46 in the passageway when the inner socket 40 is inserted into the outer socket 42.
- the attaching structure 38 also includes the locking member 44 for retaining the inner socket 40 in its expanded locking position in the outer socket 42.
- the locking member 44 is an elongated tube having a cylindrical or tubular body portion 64 and an enlarged radially extending shoulder or radial flange 66 formed on the upper end of the tube.
- the outer diameter of the body portion 64 is slightly less than the diameter of the middle bore 54, and likewise the inner diameter of sleeve 46, for snug slidable engagement therethrough in establishing a friction fit therebetween.
- the outer diameter of the enlarged shoulder 66 is slightly less than the diameter of the top bore 52.
- the shoulder 66 is disposed in the top bore 52 of the adapter plate 24 and rests on the upper ledge 60 while the tubular body portion 64 extends through the middle bore 54 and into the upper end portion of sleeve 46.
- the arrangement is such that the locking member 44, in its inserted position, retains the bulge 48 in its expanded locking engagement with the annular groove 58 and prevents it from moving to its compressed releasing position, thus maintaining the inner socket 40 in locking engagement with the outer socket 42, and thereby the attachment of top nozzle 22 on the upper ends of guide thimbles 14.
- the improved attaching structure 38 further includes means for securing the locking member 44 in its inserted position within the inner socket 40 against displacement due to vibration forces and the like.
- the securing means takes the form of an axial, thin-wall, circular flange 68 extending upward from the radial flange 66 of the locking .member 44, which axial flange 68 is deformable so that portions thereof can become lodged in indentations or cavities 70 formed in the adapter plate 24 adjacent the top bore 52 (see Figs. 3 and 4).
- the top nozzle 22 is attached to and detached from the guide thimbles 14 in the following manner:
- the upper end portion of sleeve 46 with the bulge 48 thereon is compressed and inserted into the lower bore 56 of the outer socket 42 until the bulge 48 reaches and snaps into the annular groove 58 as the elastically compressed end portion of the sleeve 46 resiliently returns to its expanded locking position.
- the locking member 44 is inserted into the inner socket 40 to telescopically extend into the upper portion of the inner socket 40, thereby to maintain the bulge 48 in locking engagement with the groove 58.
- the axial flange 68 of the locking member 44 is deformed into the indentations 70.
- top nozzle 22 An alternative way of attaching the top nozzle 22 would be to assemble the inner socket 40, the outer socket 42, and the locking member, in the manner described above, first as a subassembly, and then to bulge-fit the lower end of the sleeve 46 onto the upper end of the guide thimble 14.
- the locking member 44 is rotated to break the locking engagement between the flange 68 and the indentations 70, whereupon the locking member 44 is withdrawn from the outer socket 42 and the adapter plate 24 is lifted up, thereby causing the bulge 48 to be cammed out of the groove 58 and thus permitting the outer socket 42, hence the nozzle 22, to be separated from the thimble 14.
- Figs. 6, 7 and 8 show alternative embodiments of the invention which are substantially identical to the preferred embodiment just described with reference to Figs. 2 and 3, except for the securing means employed to retain the locking member 44 in its proper position within the inner socket 40.
- the securing means is a split snap ring 72 seated in an annular recess 74 in the top bore 52 of the adapter plate 24.
- the ring 72 engages the top surface of shoulder or radial flange 66 to prevent the locking member 44 from moving vertically upward and out of its locking position.
- the securing means takes the form of external threads 78 on the outer lateral surface of the radial flange 66 which threadedly engage internal threads 76 provided on the wall of the top bore 52.
- the securing means takes the form of a bulge-fit between the body portion 64 of the locking member 44 and the sleeve 46, as indicated at 80.
- the inner socket 82 has a circumferential bulge 88 formed thereon only a short distance from its upper edge 90, is provided with four (instead of three) elongate slots 92 (see Fig. 10) in its upper end portion, and has its lower end portion bulge-fitted to the guide thimble at three axially spaced regions by means of four bulges 94 per region spaced substantially equidistantly circumferentially about the socket 82.
- Fig. 11 shows the inner socket 82 somewhat modified in that its upper end portion above the circumferential bulge 88 is flared outward slightly, such as 4-5 degrees, for example.
- the outer socket 84 preferably in the form of an axial passageway in the adapter plate 24 of the top nozzle 22, comprises an upper bore 98, a lower bore 100, and an annular groove 102 in the wall of bore 100.
- the lower bore 100 is longer than the upper bore 98 and the annular groove 102 therein is spaced a short distance below a ledge or shoulder 104 formed at the intersection between the upper and lower bores 98, 100.
- the lower bore 100 is larger in diameter than the upper bore 98, thus forming the ledge 104 which faces downward and serves as a stop cooperating with the upper edge 90 of the inner socket 82, as the latter is being inserted into the outer socket 84, to stop the inner socket 82 in its proper axial position in which its bulge 88 becomes engaged with the groove 102 in the outer socket 84.
- the securing means for the locking member 86 in this embodiment take the form of a pair of bulges 106 (Fig. 15) formed into the upper portion of the locking member 86, after insertion of the latter into the passageway, so as to provide a bulge-fit with the circumferential groove defined by the inner surface of the annular bulge 88 on the inner socket 82.
- the locking member 86 may have an upper peripheral edge portion 108 (Fig. 13) flared outward slightly, that is, just sufficiently (e.g. 1 to 2 degrees) to result in a firm friction fit between the edge portion 108 and the peripheral wall of the upper bore 98 when the locking member 86 is in its locking position.
- FIG. 16 shows a modified inner socket 96 which is similar to the inner socket 82 shown in Figs. 9 to 14 except that the socket 96 is not a separate item but is formed as an integral part or upper extension of the thimble 14. It will be appreciated that the inner sockets employed in the other embodiments described herein could be modified in a similar manner.
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